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North Carolina school district hopes to poach Oklahoma teachers

Teachers can make about $43,000 per year as starting salary in Tar Heel State

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Updated: 9:25 AM EDT Jun 1, 2017

North Carolina school district hopes to poach Oklahoma teachers

Teachers can make about $43,000 per year as starting salary in Tar Heel State

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Updated: 9:25 AM EDT Jun 1, 2017

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WEBVTT ONE GROUP IS PLANNING TO SWIPEOUR EDUCATORS.REPORTER NEVER E4 HAS THISGREENSBORO SCHOO TRAVELED HERE.THEY'RE HOLDING A JOB FAIRBECAUSE THEY FEEL THEY COULDOFFER A BETTER TEACHING PACKAGE.>> WE'RE WATCHING ALL OVER WHEREPOTENTIALLY WE CAN RECRUIT THE BEST TALENT.REPORTER: FOR ALISON YATES ANDTHE GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS IN GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA THAT, PLACE IS OKLAHOMA.>> WE DO OFF A $1200 INCENTIVEFOR STATE PAY IF THEY ARERELOCATING HERE.REPORTER: THEY'RE ALSO PITCHINGA STARTING TEACHER SALARY WITH NO EXPERIENCE AT AROUND $43,000A YEARCOMPARE THAT TO $31,600 HERE IOKLAHOMA.>> WE ARE IN NEED OF TEACHERS.SO WE ARE KIND OF HOPING THAT IT COULD BE A COLLABORATIVEEFFORT.THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE WHO ARE SEEKING A JOB -- A JOB.REPORTER: AFTER SEEING THE STATEQUESTION FAIL IN NOVEMBER, ASWELL AS THE OKLAHOMA LEGISLATUREFAILING TO PASS A TEACHER PAY RAISE THIS SESSION,THE TAR HEEL STATE SAW OKLAHOMA'S MISFORTUNE AS ANOPPORTUNITY.REPORTER: THAT JOB FAIR ISTOMORROW, STARTING AT 5:00 TO8:00 P.M.

North Carolina school district hopes to poach Oklahoma teachers

Teachers can make about $43,000 per year as starting salary in Tar Heel State

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Updated: 9:25 AM EDT Jun 1, 2017

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. —

Officials with a Greensboro, North Carolina, school district are in Sooner State this week for a job fair because they believe they can offer a better package for Oklahoma teachers.

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“We’re watching all over where potentially we can recruit the best talent,” Alison Yates, director of staffing for Guilford County Schools, said in a Skype interview. “We do offer a $1,200 incentive for state pay if they’re relocating here.”

Guilford County Schools also is pitching a starting teacher salary with no experience at around $43,000 per year -- compare that to a $31,600 starting salary in Oklahoma.

After seeing a state question to help provide a teacher pay raise fail in November and the Oklahoma Legislature failing to pass a pay raise this session, the Tar Heel State saw Oklahoma’s misfortune as an opportunity.

“We are in need of teachers, so we are kind of hoping that it could be a collaborative effort where there are people there who are seeking a job.” Yates said.

The teacher’s job fair is scheduled for 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and all day Friday.